Madrid Masters: Arnaldi shocks Ruud, through to third round

Matteo Arnaldi won against Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and will play Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round

Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Mutua Madrid Open •Second round • completed
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Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by beating Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 105, will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

The 22-year-old Italian edged out French qualifier Benoit Paire (6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

  • Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
  • Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
  • Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
  • Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
  • Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
  • Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
  • Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
  • Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
  • Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
  • Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
  • Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric
  • Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
  • Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
  • Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Monteiro
  • Stan Wawrinka vs. Andrey Rublev
  • Gregoire Barrere vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
  • Daniel Altmaier vs. Oscar Otte: friday
  • Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan: friday

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